[1834] Online Database`s Australian National Shipwreck Database Australian Shipping - Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968 including shipwrecks Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks - New South Wales Shipwrecks Books ...Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_(1834)

HMS Adventure was a British cruiser-minelayer of 6740 tons displacement launched in 1926. HMS Adventure was the first vessel to be designed and built for the British Navy as a dedicated minelayer. HMS Adventure was armed primarily with 340 mines which were for laying, and also with four 4.7-inch anti-aircraft guns; four 3-ponder guns; one multiple ...Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/RA.HTM

[magazine] Adventure magazine was an American pulp magazine that was first published in November 1910 by the Ridgway company, an offshoot of the Butterick Publishing Company. Adventure went on become one of the most profitable and critically acclaimed of all the American pulp magazines. The magazine had 881 issues. The magazine`s first edit...Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_(magazine)

1. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss. 'Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him individually.' (Milton) ... 2. Risk; danger; peril. 'He was in great adventure of his life.' (Berners) ... 3. The encountering of risks; hazardous and strikin...Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973

• (n.) A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one`s life. • (n.) A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account. • (v. i.) To try the chance; to take the risk. • (n.) That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; he...Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/adventure/

(from the article `Furneaux, Tobias`) On Capt. Samuel Wallis` westerly-directed circumnavigation in the Royal Navy ship `Dolphin` (1766–68), Furneaux was among the first Europeans to ...Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/21

adventure 1. That which comes to us, or happens without design; chance, fortune, luck. 2. A chance occurrence, an event or issue, an accident. 3. A hazardous or perilous enterprise or performance; a daring feat; hence, a prodigy, a marvel. 4. Any novel or unexpected event in which one shares; an exciting or remarkable incident befalling any one. 5....Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2691/

[schooner] The 1926 schooner Adventure is one of the last of the famous Grand Banks fishing schooners of Gloucester, Massachusetts. She is one of only two knockabout (schooners having no bowsprit) fishing schooners surviving. Adventure was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1994. ==History== Designed by Thomas F. McManus of Boston and...Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_(schooner)

[ship] The Adventure was a sloop maritime fur trade ship built by the crew of Captain Robert Gray on his second voyage to the Northwest Coast of North America. The 45-ton sloop was built to allow the trading venture to access smaller inlets the Columbia could not reach. At the end of his second voyage Gray sold the ship to the Spanish Navy....Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_(ship)

[Dungeons & Dragons] In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, an adventure or module is a pre-packaged book or box set that helps the Dungeon Master manage the plot or story of a game. The term adventure is currently used by the game`s publisher Wizards of the Coast. In early editions of the game these publications were commonly referre...Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_(Dungeons_&_Dragons)

[role-playing games] An adventure is either a published or otherwise written collection of plot, character, and location details used by a gamemaster to manage the plot or story in a role-playing game. Each adventure is based upon a particular gaming genre and is normally designed for use with a specific game or gaming system. However, skil...Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_(role-playing_games)

[1979 video game] Adventure is a {vgy|1979}{sfn|Wolf|2001|p=96|ps=:`In 1979, the first all-graphics adventure game appeared: the home game Adventure for the Atari 2600...`|ref=medium} video game for the Atari 2600 video game console. In the game, the player controls a square avatar whose quest is to hunt an open world environment for a hidd...Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_(1979_video_game)

An adventure is an exciting or unusual experience. It may also be a bold, usually risky undertaking, with an uncertain outcome. Adventures may be activities with some potential for physical danger such as exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, river rafting or participating in extreme sports. The term also broadly refers to any enterprise that i...Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure

A single challenge, often short enough to be completed in one session. Often makes up one smaller piece of larger story with a beginning and an end, but may be stand alone. Contrast with Campaign.Found on http://rpggeek.com/wiki/page/RPG_Glossary

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